I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Latest URL: "Okay." Ogata shrugged, and responded in the same joking tone, "If there is a chance in the future, I don't mind being the new leader of your Shiranui."

"I'm getting more and more interested in you." A-Machi, who was sitting cross-legged across from Ogata, put the iron cannon in his hand aside, rested his right elbow on his right knee, and supported his chin with his right palm.

"Yishi, are you really not going to cooperate with me? Your sword skills plus my iron cannon and various skills - if the two of us work together, we will definitely be able to live comfortably on this island. "

"...Why do you insist on partnering with me?" Ogata sighed softly, "You don't know anything about me at all, do you? Are you not afraid that I will suddenly stab you in the back when you are partnering with me?"

"You're wrong." Ah-Ming said softly, "It's not that I don't know anything about you."

"I think you are the most trustworthy of all the prisoners on this island."

"Because——you were not wanted by the shogunate for committing crimes, but because you killed a brutal daimyo and were hunted down by the shogunate."

"I don't think that in this world, a person who has the courage and courage to swing a sword to kill a tyrant is a bad person with bad conduct."

"The man who wields his sword to kill a tyrant, and the man who slaughters a large number of civilians - choose one of these two kinds of prisoners to be a partner, and I believe that most people will decide to bet on the former as I do. body?"

"Besides—choosing a partner is also a matter of sight."

"In addition to being the most trustworthy one, you are also very eye-catching to me-so I decided to stay by your side and let you be my partner."

While saying these words, A-Machi subconsciously glanced at the light onion-colored haori on Ogata's body.

However, Ogata didn't notice this tiny movement of A-Machi because it was quite subtle.

"...My ugly words are up front." Ogata said, "I——from the beginning I didn't intend to obey the government's orders. I have no interest in the so-called pardon. My goal has only been one from the beginning to the end: Find something similar to a small boat and leave this island with your own strength. Even so, do you want to cooperate with me?"

"That's a coincidence." Ah-ding raised her beautiful eyebrows, "I also never thought of listening to the government from the very beginning.

I also plan to try to escape from this island with my own hands. "

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...

After the voice of Ah-cho's words fell, Ogata was not in a hurry to answer.

Instead, he lowered his head slightly, looking at the water in the wooden barrel in his hand.

The water in the wooden cylinder reflected Ogata's face.

Ogata just looked at the reflection in the water and thought.

A-Machi didn't bother Ogata, just looked at Ogata quietly, waiting for Ogata to speak.

blah blah blah blah...

The sound of the surrounding space is only the sound of rain.

But just like before—neither Ogata nor A-Machi felt that the silent atmosphere was awkward.

The two remained silent in an inexplicable and inexplicable harmonious atmosphere.

After a while, Ogata let out a sigh of relief:

"...Okay. You succeeded in convincing me."

"Our two goals are the same. Your iron cannon and your various skills are indeed quite useful. If we cooperate with you, we can indeed live more comfortably on this island."

Hearing Ogata's words, Amachi's face showed joy.

"Then what do you mean?" A-Ming asked cautiously.

"Isn't the meaning of what I said just now not clear?"

After Ogata sighed helplessly, he raised the wooden cylinder in his hand that still contained a little rainwater in the direction of A-cho.

"Partner." Ogata smiled at Atachi, "I wish you a happy cooperation."

"Yeah!" Ah-Ming nodded vigorously, and then raised his own wooden barrel that still had some rainwater left because it had filled some rainwater just now, and hit Ogata's wooden barrel hard in mid-air, "I wish you cooperation Happy! Partner!"

After the two drank the water in their respective wooden cylinders at the same time, Ah-machi suddenly said to Ogata:

"By the way, Yishi. Can I call you another name?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Whether it's Ogata or Yishi? Doesn't it sound like a catchy name? I want to change to a more catchy name."

"For example?"

"What do you think of Ayi? It sounds much more fluent."

"Is there a catchphrase... Forget it, you can call it whatever you want."

"Then it's decided like this!" A-Ming clapped his hands? "Let's spend the night in this cave today! If the rain stops tomorrow morning? Let's try to go deeper into the island, A-Yi? What do you think?" "

"As expected of my partner." Ogata said in a half-joking tone, "Our plans are exactly the same."

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While Ogata and A-Machi were drinking water and chatting in a safe cave——

somewhere on the island.

"damn it……"

Hiding under the shade of the tree, Heiichimaru cursed loudly towards the rain curtain outside the shade of the tree while wiping the raindrops off his face.

"When will the rain stop?"

Ping Yiwan—addicted to stealing? He who stole countless property was finally captured by the government's officials at the beginning of this year, and then sent all the way to this Butterfly Island.

His only skill is stealing, and he doesn't know how to fight at all.

So in order to bring a sense of security to himself? Heiichimaru not only put on the armor provided by the government?

He couldn't even find a suitable shelter from the rain, so he could only temporarily hide under the shade of a big tree.

Just as he was swearing wildly at the rain curtain in front of him and living his mouth addiction, he suddenly heard the sound of a large number of bushes being pushed aside and the sound of footsteps coming from his side.

"who?!"

While screaming, Hiichimaru pulled out the sword at his waist in a very clumsy way? Aim the blade at the source of these voices.

After a while, the owners of these footsteps appeared under the rain.

"Are you...?!" Heiichimaru widened his eyes.

These people who appeared in his field of vision? Without exception, they all wore the same armor issued by the government, which was usually only worn by soldiers.

Also because of this? Ping Yiwan recognized the identities of these people at a glance - prisoners like him.

There were more than twenty prisoners who appeared within Heiichimaru's field of vision.

Looking at the twenty or so prisoners who kept coming towards him, Heiichimaru said in a trembling voice:

"You, you, what do you want to do?!"

The knife in Ping Yiwan's hand? It was "jumping wildly" there like a live fish, as if it was about to jump out of Ping Yiwan's hand at any time.

"Brother! Don't be nervous! Don't be nervous! We don't mean any harm!"

At this moment? One of the prisoners surrounded by Chaoping Yimaru said this to Chaoping Yimaru.

The speaker was a man of extremely short stature, with a funny braid on his head.

"My name is Shichiemon." The short braided man said to Hei Kazumaru with a smile, "The reason why we came to you was not to harm you."

"We just passed by here by chance, and then ran into you."

"The reason why I came to you is also to invite you."

"Invitation?" Ping Yiwan asked suspiciously.

"That's right." Heiichimaru nodded, and then stretched out his hand towards Heiichimaru, "Brother, do you want to join us and work together to survive on this island?"